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Living With Cancer
Good and bad days, knowing how to manage the cycles
I was diagnosed with cancer for the first time 20 years ago. The type was inflammatory breast disease and I was told I had 6 months to live. If I was lucky, I might make it 18 months.
Yet I’m still here.
Unfortunately, the cancer has come back. I’ve cordially invited it to leave my body please, yet it remains.
Yet I feel confident that this time around I will finally manage to be free of it.
On Wednesday last I had my second chemotherapy treatment since my recent PET scan. The scan revealed the cause of the sudden chest pains I was dealing with. Cancer was growing in that area.
So I agreed to do chemo because I want the cancer to finally be gone.
So on Wednsday, January 8th, I had my second treatment. It had been three weeks since my first for this latest cancer.
Because of the drugs they pump into you along with the chemo itself, you actually feel pretty good for a couple of days. For me, this grace period generally lasts about 1 1/2 days.
Today is Friday, January 10th.
So today I started to feel the effects of the chemo but it was still a good day. I made sure to use the “magic mouthwash” and take…
